Clinton and Romney lead New Hampshire (in TV ads) If advertising spending is any indication, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton may just come out on top in today’s New Hampshire Democratic primary. According to the most recent figures from Nielsen, Clinton has the most television ad spots airing among the Democrats in the area’s top three TV markets over the last few months. But Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has had more television ad spots – a total of 2,961 – air in the Boston/Manchester market that covers New Hampshire and Massachusetts than any other Democrat this month. Clinton, however, isn’t far behind with 2,681 TV ads airing. Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards is the third-biggest TV presence, trailing with 1,300 TV ads. But it’s Republican candidate Mitt Romney who has been the biggest presence on TV in these states. In January alone, the former Massachusetts governor has run 4,040 TV ads air in the Boston/Manchester market. Arizona Sen. John McCain has run 2,554 ads on television compared with former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has run the third most TV ads among GOP candidates with 1,649. While the numbers are significantly lower, Obama and Romney both had more TV ads running in the Burlington-Plattsburgh market, covering Vermont, New York and New Hampshire, compared with their opponents. It was only in the Portland-Auburn market, which covers Maine and New Hampshire, that Clinton had more TV ads air than any other candidate with 1,446, with Romney coming in second with 1,258.   Stewart and Colbert return to laughs and WGA arrows No wonder the writers’ union has been so vocal about decrying the return of Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert after a nine-week layoff. Though the two, like ABC and NBC’s late-night hosts, came back without writers, they still delivered a fair number of zingers, and a few took aim at the Writers Guild of America. Stewart, host of “The Daily Show,” noted that Sean Penn appeared in a pro-WGA spot online, then deadpanned, “If you have Sean Penn advocating your cause, you MUST have a cause.” Later, Colbert was shown covertly shredding paper "scripts" before his show began, mocking the WGA mandate that late-night shows cannot be scripted. The WGA denounced Stewart and Colbert’s returns and picketed outside their studios yesterday. The two comedians, who also help write their shows, went off the air in early November when the strike began but followed the broadcast show hosts, who returned last week, back on television. The CBS late-night shows are the only ones with writers, having reached an independent deal with the WGA, but Comedy Central reportedly petitioned the WGA to return with writers on similar terms and never heard back on its request.   Coming from Comcast, a wider range of on-demand Comcast is about to push the notion of on-demand content to another level. Brian L. Roberts, chairman and CEO of the cable company, today will outline its plans to significantly increase the amount of on-demand content it offers, both on cable TV and online. Comcast eventually plans to offer around 6,000 movies on demand on TV, compared to just around 300 now, but its most ambitious effort appears to be taking place online. The company has a test version of its new site Fancast.com up and running, on which visitors can watch episodes of shows from networks like NBC, CBS, Fox, FX, Bravo and Sci Fi Channel, all for free. The site will also eventually let users remotely program their at-home digital video recorders and, through new technology called wideband, let users download full-length movies in just minutes. Today’s outline at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas follows the company’s introduction of the Anyplay, a portable DVR player it developed along with Panasonic.   Ooh-la-London: A&F relaunching its racy catalogue Child pornography or great marketing tool? A new group of readers will soon get to decide as Abercrombie & Fitch plans to relaunch its highly controversial magazine in Britain this spring. The magazine will launch in April and will be shot by photographer Bruce Weber, according to London’s Independent newspaper. The catalogue, called the A&F Quarterly, was once published in the U.S. and sold in A&F stores there, but was eventually folded after receiving volumes of complaints about its racy content. The magazine, shuttered back in 2003 despite having averaged a circulation of about 1.2 million, was full of sexual innuendo, including pictures of very young models in various states of undress. It also once featured an interview with porn star Jenna Jameson and an article on mixed drinks, including recipes for drinks called the “Brain Hemorrhage” and “Dirty Girl Scout Cookie.” The Independent says the British publication will be similar to the previous catalogue.   Programming notes: 'Dexter' cuts into CBS schedule It’s official: Showtime’s “Dexter” is coming to broadcast TV. CBS said yesterday it plans to re-air the entire first season of “Dexter” over 12 consecutive Sunday nights starting on Feb. 17, a move made in response to the writers’ strike that has caused a shortage of original scripted programming. Following the lead of NBC, which will re-air episodes of USA’s “Monk” and “Psych” in March, CBS is also considering bringing the Showtime comedy “Weeds” to broadcast. Meanwhile, in other programming news, ABC is reviving the reality game show “The Mole,” according to Variety, although the network is still looking for someone to host. Original host Anderson Cooper is tied up with his CNN duties and “Celebrity Mole” host Ahmad Rashad probably won’t be asked back. And on cable, Food Network will launch “Down Home with the Neelys” on Feb. 2 at 11 a.m. The show will be hosted by Gina and Pat Neely, who own and operate a handful of barbecue restaurants in Tennessee.